This is going to sound crazy. It's from my mother-in-law but she passed it down to us. She was a very young and inexperienced mother when she had her 1st two. When life would get too much for her she'd calmly sing this to keep sane (to the toon of Row, Row, Row Your Boat):

Beat, beat, beat the children
Beat them everyday
'cause if you don't beat them everyday
they grow up mean and nasty

This would be repeated for hug the children and love the children. By the time she got through the last verse she'd usually feel in control again.

@Paul Stephenson. Yeah, "if you don't love them everyday they grow up mean and nasty." And kids, after they get over being initially appalled, love this song. They get to sing about beating people and the 1st verse is silly. And by the end, you're hugging and loving them so they don't grow up mean.

The "Who gets to change him" gets munged into the "was blind" melody. I probably add an extra couple of notes in that section, but it works. I guess you could change it to "who changes" and then you would just repeat the note where blind is twice.

That is weird. It doesn't for me either, but if I then delete the underscore and replace it in the browser's address bar it then works. The HTML source says willow%5Ffiresong.tripod.com, so I'm guessing this is where the problem lies.

Since my oldest is named Alice, some members of my family like to sing

Alice where are you going?
Upstairs to take a bath.
Alice has legs like toothpicks
and a neck like a giraffe-affe-affe-affe
Alice pulled out the plug
Oh my goodness, oh my soul
There goes Alice down the hole
Alice where are you going?
Glub glub glub

I refuse to sing it to her because I don't want to make her scared of baths so I do

Alice the camel has 2 humps
Alice the camel has 2 humps
Alice the camel has 2 humps
So roll, Alice, roll

Alice the camel has 1 hump
Alice the camel has 1 hump
Alice the camel has 1 hump
So roll, Alice, roll

Alice the camel has no humps
Alice the camel has no humps
Alice the camel has no humps
So Alice is a horse.

NIghty-night, turn out the light,
Its' time for bed. Lay down your head.
Here come two arms that will hug you real tight.
Here is your mom/dad who will kiss you good night.

Another: You sing it to the tune of "Twinkle, Twinkle"

Soon the moon at you will peep.
Now it's time to go to sleep.
Stars will shine way overhead,
Making sure you're safe in bed.
Down a mountain very steep.
Meet me in the land of sleep.

Another:

This is my pinkie, and this is my thumb.
I'm getting in bed, and I'm counting to one.
These are my eyes. Are they brown? Are they blue?
I'm lying down snug, and I'm counting to two.
These are my feet, and I'm wiggling them free.
I'm stretching and settling and counting to three.
These are my ears. I have one , and one more.
I'm rubbing the sheet, and I'm counting to four.
These are my hands;under covers they dive.
I'm comfy in bed, and I'm counting to five.
I've counted to five, so now turn out the light.
My bed feels so cozy. I love you. Good night.

These rhymes are from a book Night-Night: Settle Down Activities for Easy Bedtimes. By Cynthia Mac Gregor

Another wonderful book about lots of lovely things to do with your child is "I love you Rituals" by Becky A. Bailey

Boom Boom Boom, Boom Boom Boom, This is my Boom Boom Boom we rock out to my Boom Boom Boom We touch the floor yah! we reach for the sky yah! we jump up and down yah! we turn around yah! BOOM BOOM BOOM!!!!!!!!!!

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